When Charlie McButton Lost Power

When Charlie McButton Lost Power

Target Skills

Comprehension Skill

Literary elements: character, setting, and theme.

• The character is a person or animal in the story.
• The setting is where a story takes place.
• The theme is what you learn from the story and can be supported with details.

Your child should be able to name the characters, identify the setting and talk about the theme.

Comprehension Strategy

Background Knowledge- Good readers connect what they are reading with what they already know.

Your child should think about and connect what they might already know about the theme, characters or setting of the story.

Vocabulary Strategy

Homonyms are words with same sounds but different meanings.

Phonics

Short vowel pattern VC/CV

Writing conventions

Sentences

Author: Suzanne Collins

Illustrator: Mike Lester

Genre: Narrative Poem

Question of the Week: What can we learn by trying new things?

Paired Selection: How a Kite Changed the World

Genre: Narrative Nonfiction

Author: Amy Bolt

Links to Practice:

Story Elements

Story Elements 2

Story Elements Quiz

Story Elements - Setting

Story Elements - Characters

LISTEN TO STORY (WMA 8.09 MB)

• Paired Selection (WMA 3.68 MB) Amazing Words (PDF 22 KB) High Frequency and Tested Vocabulary (PDF 279 KB) Picture Cards (PDF 1.07 MB)

• Character Traits (PDF 36 KB) Easy Character Traits (PDF 195 KB) Story Elements (PDF 153 KB) File character poster.pdf (PDF 184 KB)

• File readingcomprehensionsandwichworksheet[1].pdf (PDF 398 KB) File storyelementstictactoe.pdf (PDF 24 KB) File storystreetstoryelements.pdf (PDF 37 KB)